Writing

I thought I was prepared for it. Instead, the following emotions were as strong as they were conflicted. I didn’t sleep a wink.

Emotion 1: Relief. The product is final. I’ve made the decision to conclude my editing, and there it is. Now I won’t be compelled to spend every waking hour scrutinizing the words, and loathing every single thing that impedes me from doing so. Who cares if anyone likes it, anyway? I had so much fun writing it, it doesn’t matter. *exaggerated sigh*

Emotion 2:Exhilaration. I really did it! I’ve been working on it for months and months, and at times thought I’d never finish—but I did! Now I can work on the rest of the series, and even some of the side projects that have my fingers itching! I love writing! *hyperventilating*

Emotion 3: Regret. …Wait, people can actually read it? Like real people? What if it’s a complete mess? What if they hate my characters? What if it’s an utter piece of crap, and I’m too jaded to realize it? What have I done? *stares at the floor in shock*

Emotion 5: Acceptance. This one is still coming along, but it’s breaking through. It’s a “what’s done is done” kind of thing. If the readers—if there are any—enjoy it, I’ll meet a bliss I’ve never known. If they don’t, well… it’s my first novel. I can improve my writing, because there is one concrete truth in all of this:

I will keep writing.

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Have you ever thought about the entities in life that we view as all-powerful? Like the sun, a God, natural disasters, the Earth itself. It’s the nature of these things that make us perceive them as so mighty, and perhaps as so formidable.

What if our own nature could be just as formidable? Our nature taking form in the depths of our emotions. Granted, our emotions are not as tangible as the heat from the sun or the force of the wind. But what if they could be?

Could that world be your happy place?

It might be mine.

Keep scrolling through to learn about a story I am working on, the premise of this blog, titled: A Bloodline’s Echo: The Avadi Series Book One!